MAGA is a vague slogan that works on people who are dissatisfied with America's cultural decline, overreliance on foreign goods, and other self-destructive policies. Some people who bought in thought it would mean revitalizing dying factory towns. Some people who bought in thought it would mean we'd go back to Leave It To Beaver social dynamics. That's why it worked well as a slogan: it correctly identifies the general problem but leaves it up to the voter to head-canon what "Great" is.
Voters who would call themselves MAGA today could be either or even something orthogonal. Trump's inner circle and the influencer sphere are a very different beast. Like you say, they were fully on the economic zone side or self-serving side of things from the start.
MAGA can't be divided because all it ever was is a loose collation of people who only really agreed on what NOT to do. They were never going to agree on what to do once the massive immediate threat like a Hillary, Biden, or Harris presidency was defeated. Anyone pretending it was more is trying to piggyback it into a personal following.
They aren't trying to redefine MAGA, this is what MAGA IS. It was always about the economic zone and never about whites.
MAGA is a vague slogan that works on people who are dissatisfied with America's cultural decline, overreliance on foreign goods, and other self-destructive policies. Some people who bought in thought it would mean revitalizing dying factory towns. Some people who bought in thought it would mean we'd go back to Leave It To Beaver social dynamics. That's why it worked well as a slogan: it correctly identifies the general problem but leaves it up to the voter to head-canon what "Great" is.
Voters who would call themselves MAGA today could be either or even something orthogonal. Trump's inner circle and the influencer sphere are a very different beast. Like you say, they were fully on the economic zone side or self-serving side of things from the start.
MAGA can't be divided because all it ever was is a loose collation of people who only really agreed on what NOT to do. They were never going to agree on what to do once the massive immediate threat like a Hillary, Biden, or Harris presidency was defeated. Anyone pretending it was more is trying to piggyback it into a personal following.